10-letter words containing he
- bobblehead — a collectable doll with a bobbing oversized head representing a celebrity or a cartoon character
- boccherini — Luigi (luˈidʒi). 1743–1805, Italian composer and cellist
- body check — the fair block of an opponent who has the puck by bumping with the body, shoulder to hip, from the front or side
- bohemond i — ?1056–?1111, prince of Antioch (1099–1111); a leader of the first crusade, he helped to capture Antioch (1098)
- bolsheviks — a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
- bolshevism — Bolshevism is the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- bolshevist — a follower or advocate of the doctrines or methods of the Bolsheviks.
- bolshevize — to bring into line with Communist ideology
- bon marche — a bargain.
- boneheaded — a foolish or stupid person; blockhead.
- bonnethead — a hammerhead shark, Sphyrna tiburo, found in shallow waters from Brazil to Massachusetts, having a spade-shaped head.
- bothersome — Someone or something that is bothersome is annoying or irritating.
- bottlehead — bottlenose (def 2).
- brandished — to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
- breathe in — When you breathe in, you take some air into your lungs.
- bridgehead — A bridgehead is a good position which an army has taken in the enemy's territory and from which it can advance or attack.
- broadsheet — A broadsheet is a newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper. Broadsheets are generally considered to be more serious than other newspapers. Compare tabloid.
- bruschetta — Bruschetta is a slice of toasted bread which is brushed with olive oil and usually covered with chopped tomatoes.
- brushwheel — a toothless wheel with bristles attached to its circumference, used to turn another wheel by friction
- bubblehead — a frivolous person
- buchenwald — a village in E central Germany, near Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp (1937–45)
- buff wheel — a wheel for buffing, consisting of a number of leather or canvas disks.
- bufflehead — a small North American diving duck, Bucephala (or Glaucionetta) albeola: the male has black-and-white plumage and a fluffy head
- bull wheel — any large driving gear among smaller gears.
- bullethead — a head considered similar in shape to a bullet, as that of a person with a high, domelike forehead and cranium and short hair.
- bullheaded — blindly stubborn; headstrong
- bushelling — alteration of clothes
- butt heads — an extremely stupid or inept person.
- by the bye — incidentally; by the way: used as a sentence connector
- by the lee — so that the wind is blowing on the wrong side of the sail
- by the way — You say by the way when you add something to what you are saying, especially something that you have just thought of.
- cache line — (storage) (Or cache block) The smallest unit of memory than can be transferred between the main memory and the cache. Rather than reading a single word or byte from main memory at a time, each cache entry is usually holds a certain number of words, known as a "cache line" or "cache block" and a whole line is read and cached at once. This takes advantage of the principle of locality of reference: if one location is read then nearby locations (particularly following locations) are likely to be read soon afterward. It can also take advantage of page-mode DRAM which allows faster access to consecutive locations.
- cache miss — (storage) A request to read from memory which cannot be satisfied from the cache, for which the main memory has to be consulted. Opposite: cache hit.
- cache-sexe — a small cloth or band worn, as by an otherwise nude dancer, to conceal the genitals
- calabashes — Plural form of calabash.
- can't help — If you say you can't help thinking something, you are expressing your opinion in an indirect way, often because you think it seems rude.
- carchemish — an ancient city in Syria on the Euphrates, lying on major trade routes; site of a victory of the Babylonians over the Egyptians (605 bc)
- carmarthen — a market town in S Wales, the administrative centre of Carmarthenshire: Norman castle. Pop: 14 648 (2001)
- carragheen — Irish moss.
- cartouches — Plural form of cartouche.
- cartwheels — Plural form of cartwheel.
- cashew nut — edible nut
- casinghead — the protruding part of a casing to which piping is attached
- catananche — any of the hardy perennial genus Catananche, from S Europe; some, esp C. caerulea, are grown for their blue-and-white flowers that can be dried as winter decoration: family Asteraceae
- catch hell — to receive a severe scolding, punishment, etc.
- catechesis — oral religious instruction which is given to catechumens
- catechetic — of or relating to catechesis.
- cathecting — Present participle of cathect.
- cathedrals — Plural form of cathedral.
- cathemeral — Relating to organisms that have sporadic and random intervals during the day or night in which food is acquired.